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Wednesday 22 July 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 6:40 am

Amazon acquires Zappos.com

By: admindrupal

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The world’s top online retailer Amazon has sealed an $807m (£490m) deal to buy fashion retailer Zappos.com, it said yesterday. Amazon will hand over 10m shares for Zappos.com, which specialises in the sale of clothes and footwear. The company will also give Zappos.com employees $40m in cash and stock as part of the deal.

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